Ilex zhejiangensis C.J.Tseng ex S.K.Chen & Y.X.Feng

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, 2-4 m tall. Branches longitudinally angular, pubescent or glabrescent. Petiole 4-5 mm, puberulent; leaf blade green, ovate-elliptic or elliptic, rarely ovate, 3-6 × 1.5-3 cm, leathery, midvein abaxially glabrous, adaxially impressed, sulcate, densely puberulent, lateral veins 5-7 pairs, distinctly raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces, base rounded or obtuse, margin sparsely (2-)4-7-spinulose-serrate, teeth black, apex acute, rarely obtuse. Inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes, fasciculate, axillary. Male flowers 4-merous; calyx lobes deltoid-ovate, ciliate; petals oblong, basally connate; stamens 4, ca. as long as petals. Female flowers not known. Infructescences: fruiting pedicels 4-8 mm, puberulent or glabrescent; bracteoles 2, basal. Fruit red, subglobose, ca. 8 mm, 7-8 mm in diam.; persistent calyx patelliform, quadrangular, lobes broadly deltoid, ciliate; persistent stigma navel-shaped or discoid; pyrenes ovoid, ca. 4 mm, ca. 3 mm in diam., irregularly rugose and sulcate, endocarp woody. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug-Nov.
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Distribution

Ilex zhejiangensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007927-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219359
COL ID 3PG4H
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Synonyms

Ilex zhejiangensis